The RQ-170 sentinel spy drone: The Beast of Kandahar

RQ-170 sentinel spy drone: The Beast of Kandahar

A RQ-170 Sentinel, a high-altitude stealth drone known as the Beast of Kandahar, went down in Iran while on a surveillance mission. Iran said it shot the drone down, but the U.S. maintains it crashed due to a malfunction.

Iran claims the drone penetrated 250 kilometres inside the Islamic republic’s air space. State television on Thursday aired footage of what it said was the captured drone, showing what appeared to be an RQ-170 Sentinel aircraft with little visible damage.